JANUARY 14, 2023 – written by WADE QUEEN
FROM 1:00 A.M., JANUARY 2, 2022, THRU TO 1:00 A.M., JANUARY 14, 2022, (13 DAYS); AT LEAST 71 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED FROM JOHNSON, LAWRENCE, MAGOFFIN, & MARTIN COUNTIES COMBINED, AND WERE BOOKED AT THE BIG SANDY REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER IN PAINTSVILLE, KY., IN JOHNSON COUNTY.
OUT OF THOSE 118 ARRESTS, 27 ARRESTS WERE FROM LAWRENCE COUNTY.
SEPARATELY, THREE (3) LAWRENCE COUNTY RESIDENTS WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN ANOTHER COUNTY JURISDICTION (ONE (1) IN MARTIN COUNTY, & ONE (1) IN JOHNSON COUNTY, AND ONE (1) IN ROCKCASTLE COUNTY).
PREVIOUSLY; FROM 12:00 A.M., DECEMBER 20, 2022, THRU TO 1:00 A.M., JANUARY 2, 2022, (13 DAYS); AT LEAST 71 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED FROM JOHNSON, LAWRENCE, MAGOFFIN, & MARTIN COUNTIES COMBINED, AND WERE BOOKED AT THE BIG SANDY REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER IN PAINTSVILLE, KY., IN JOHNSON COUNTY. OUT OF THOSE 71 ARRESTS, 8 ARRESTS WERE FROM LAWRENCE COUNTY. SEPARATELY, ONE (1) LAWRENCE COUNTY RESIDENT WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN POWELL COUNTY TO BEGIN SERVING A STATE PRISON SENTENCE AFTER VIOLATING PAROLE.
THE NUMBER OF INMATES THAT WERE BEING HOUSED AT THE BIG SANDY REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER IN PAINTSVILLE, KY, IN JOHNSON COUNTY, ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, AT 1:00 A.M., WAS 215. THE MAXIMUM DESIGNATED CAPACITY OF THE BSRDC FACILITY IS 225.
HERE ARE THE THIRTY (27) ARRESTS IN LAWRENCE COUNTY, AND THE THREE (3) OUT OF COUNTY ARRESTS OF A LAWRENCE COUNTY CITIZENS, ARE AS THE FOLLOWING:
Johnny Vaughn, 47, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on January 2, 2023, at 10:21 A.M., by of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with: • ASSAULT, 4TH DEGREE (NO VISIBLE INJURY).
Charles Stiltner, 47, of West Van Lear, Kentucky; was arrested on January 2, 2023, at 6:28 P.M., by a trooper of the Kentucky State Police, and was charged with: • SPEEDING 26 MPH OR > SPEED LIMIT, • OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/ INFLUENCE ALCOHOL (189A.010(1B) – 2ND OFFENSE, • FAILURE TO WEAR SEAT BELTS, • NO REAR VIEW MIRROR, • FAILURE TO NOTIFY ADDRESS CHANGE TO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, • OPERATING ON SUSPENDED OR REVOKED OPERATORS LICENSE, • FAILURE TO PRODUCE INSURANCE CARD, • NO REGISTRATION RECEIPT, •POSSESSION OF OPEN ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTAINER IN MOTOR VEHICLE PROHIBITED.
Clinton Offenburg, 30, of La Grange,Kentucky; turned himself in and was taken into custody on January 3, 2023, at 2:00 P.M.,at the Lawrence County Judicial Center,by court security officer Melody Salyers,of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with via a grand jury indictment: • ASSAULT, 2ND DEGREE – DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
Misty G. Merritt, 43, of Wayne, West Virginia; was arrested on January 3, 2023, at 8:05 P.M.,by the Lawrence County Sheriff Office,& was charged with: • OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (189A.010(1D) – 1ST OFFENSE, • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE HYDROCODONE, •POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, 3RD DEGREE – DRUG UNSPECIFIED, • PRESCRIPTION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE NOT PROPER CONTAINER 1ST OFFENSE, • ALL TERRAIN VEHICLES VIOLATIONS, • NO OPERATORS-MOPED LICENSE, • FAILURE TO PRODUCE INSURANCE CARD, • NO REGISTRATION PLATES, • NO REGISTRATION RECEIPT.
Ronnie B. Shannon, 27, of Louisa, Kentucky; was taken into custody on January 3, 2023, at 8:10 P.M., by an officer of the Louisa Police Department, to serve a guilty plea jail sentence, “weekender”: • CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER.
Kevin E. Levering, 59, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on January 3, 2023, at 8:07 P.M.,by deputy Joseph Osborne, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with: • ALCOHOL INTOXICATION IN A PUBLIC PLACE (1ST & 2ND OFFENSE).
Carlos Scott Hammond, 39, of Louisa, Kentucky; turned himself in and was taken into custody on January 4, 2023, at 10:35 A.M.,at the Lawrence County Judicial Center, by court security officer Melody Salyers,of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with via a grand jury indictment: • TRAFFICKING IN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST OFFENSE (HEROIN)-[3 SEPARATE CHARGES COUNTS].
James J. Fairchild, 51, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on January 5, 2023, at 10:37 A.M.,by deputy Travis Music, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with: • FUGITIVE FROM ANOTHER STATE – WARRANT REQUIRED (TWO (2) SEPARATE CHARGES COUNTS). The two fugitive warrants for James Fairchild were from out of Ross County, Ohio; on the charges of *ABUE OF A CORPSE, & *FAILURE TO REPORT DEATH.
Susan Moore, 48,of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested on January 5,2023,at 1:00 P.M., by Sheriff Chuck Jackson, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with: • FALSELY REPORTING AN INCIDENT.
Brian Allen Chapman, 32, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on January 5, 2023, at 4:33 P.M., by deputy Travis Music, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with: • ARSON, 3RD DEGREE, • FALSELY REPORTING AN INCIDENT.
Brenton A Burrows, 31, of Genoa, West Virginia; was arrested on January 5, 2023, at 7:43 P.M., by detective Hunter James, of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with: • CRIMINAL TRESPASSING-3RD DEGREE, • FLEEING OR EVADING POLICE, 2ND DEGREE (ON FOOT) • CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER (2 SEPARATE CHARGES COUNTS).
Gary Lee Clay, 62, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on January 5, 2023, at 8:22 P.M., by deputy Tyler Laney, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, & was charged with:• DRIVING ON DUI SUSPENDED LICENSE -1ST OFFENSE,•FAILURE TO OR USE OF IMPROPER SIGNAL, • FAILURE TO REGISTER TRANSFER OF MOTOR VEHICLE, • LICENSE TO BE IN POSSESSION.
Eddie A. Patrick Jr., 24, of Louisa, Kentucky; was taken into custody on January 6, 2023, at 1:06 P.M., by the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, to serve a guilty plea jail sentence, “weekender”: • CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER.
Michael W. Gilkerson,31,of Fort Gay,West Virginia;was arrested on January 7,2023, at 8:11 A.M., by an officer the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with: • DISORDERLY CONDUCT, 1ST DEGREE, • PUBLIC INTOXICATION-CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (EXCLUDES ALCOHOL), • CRIMINAL MISCHIEF 3RD DEGREE, • MENACING.
Ashley R. Salmons, 31, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on January 7, 2023, at 7:03 P.M., by deputy Tyler Laney, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, & was charged with: • FAILURE TO APPEAR.
Luresia Whitt, 33,of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested on January 8,2023,at 4:34 P.M., by deputy Travis Music,of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office,& was charged with: • CRIMINAL TRESPASS-1ST DEGREE.
William J. Burchette, 37, of Webbville,Kentucky; was arrested on January 8,2023,at 8:50 P.M., by deputy Tyler Laney, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with: • MENACING
Cody Layne Maynard, 19, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on January 9, 2023, at 9:39 A.M., by sergeant-chief deputy Mason Keefer, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, & was charged with: • MENACING, • DISORDERLY CONDUCT, 2ND DEGREE, • PUBLIC INTOXICATION-CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (EXCLUDES ALCOHOL).
Christina K. Fairchild, 36, of Louisa,Kentucky; turned herself in and was taken into custody on January 9, 2023, at 10:15 P.M.,at the Lawrence County Judicial Center, by court security officer Melody Salyers,of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office,& was charged with via a grand jury indictment: • ASSAULT, 1ST DEGREE – DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, • UNLAWFUL IMPRISONMENT – 1ST DEGREE, • THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING OR DISPOSITION AUTO – $500 OR MORE BUT UNDER/$10,000.
Matthew Jude, 34, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on January 11, 2023, at 9:29 A.M., by a trooper of the Kentucky State Police, & was charged with: • VEHICLE A NUISANCE, NOISY, ETC., • CRIMINAL TRESPASSING-2ND DEGREE, • FAILURE TO WEAR SEAT BELTS, • BELTS DRAGGING STONES OR LOGS ON HIGHWAY, • OPERATING ON SUSPENDED OR REVOKED OPERATORS LICENSE, • NO REGISTRATION RECEIPT, • NO REGISTRATION PLATES, • FAILURE OF OWNER TO MAINTAIN REQUIRED INSURANCE/SECURITY, 1ST OFFENSE.
Steven Moore, 66, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on January 11, 2023, at 9:29 A.M., by the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, & was charged with: • OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE ALCOHOL .08 (189A.010(1A) – 1ST OFFENSE, • POSSESSION OF OPEN ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTAINER IN MOTOR VEHICLE PROHIBITED.
Jamie Walter Boyd, 38, of Louisa,Kentucky; turned herself in and was taken into custody on January 12, 2023, at 2:13 P.M.,at the Lawrence County Judicial Center, by court security officer Melody Salyers,of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office,& was charged with via a grand jury indictment:•POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, 3RD DEGREE – DRUG UNSPECIFIED, • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE 1ST OFFENSE (HEROIN), • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE (METHAMPHETAMINE), • OPERATING ON SUSPENDED OR REVOKED OPERATORS LICENSE.
Herbert R. Fletcher, 44, of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested on January 12, 2023, at 2:13 P.M., by deputy Webb, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with: • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE (METHAMPHETAMINE), • TAMPERING WITH PHYSICAL EVIDENCE.
Eddie A. Patrick Jr., 24, of Louisa, Kentucky; was taken into custody on January 13, 2023, at 12:07 P.M., by the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, to serve a guilty plea jail sentence, “weekender”: • CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER.
Jesse Young, 23, of Fort Gay, West Virginia; was arrested on January 13, 2023, at 3:35 P.M., by the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, & was charged with: • SERVING BENCH WARRANT FOR COURT.
Bobby Ratliff, 42, of Louisa, Kentucky; was taken into custody on January 13, 2023, at 4:48 P.M., by deputy Daniel Castle, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, to serve a guilty plea jail sentence, “weekender”: • CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER (2 SEPARATE CHARGES COUNTS).
Garland O. Shortridge, 50, of Butler,Kentucky; was arrested on January 13,2023, at 11:18 P.M., by deputy Joseph Osborne, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with: • FAILURE TO APPEAR.
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Tiffany M. Hopson, 36, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested in Johnson County, on January 6, 2023, at 4:34 P.M., & was charged with: • THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING OR DISPOSITION SHOPLIFTING UNDER/$500.
Zachery Ramsey, 28, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested in Rockcastle County, on January 8, 2023, at 11:36 P.M., by the Mt. Vernon Police Department, and was charged with: • PUBLIC INTOXICATION-CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (EXCLUDES ALCOHOL), • DRUG PARAPHERNALIA – BUY/POSSESS.
Johnathon T. Kelley, 32, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested in Martin County, on January 10, 2023, at 2:35 P.M., by the Martin County Sheriff Office, & was charged with: • DRIVING ON DUI SUSPENDED LICENSE -1ST OFFENSE.
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If they were more jobs and more ppl who gave a {censored} this would not be happening.if they had money do u think for one minute that they would be arrested? hell no they’d get a slap on wrist and they needed to stop being bad. need ppl who give a {censored} about the poor ppl trying to keep their families going it ain’t always the poor doing time for what rich ppl do and hiding behind a Bible ain’t getting it either. Some ppl do try there hardest to do the right thing, and yes ppl {censored} up all the time, but that’s how we grow and live. Mitch, and Beshere need to see bigger pic and take off the rose colored glasses.
How many times you been arrested?
LOL
I love how people get on here and throw out their opinions on how they believe it should be, and how unfair it is “those people” are able to breathe the same air they are, and aren’t in a jail somewhere, anywhere… When they don’t have a clue about what happened or how the justice system works. You guys need to understand that when it says 1st offence, that it doesn’t mean it’s the first time we’ve done it… It is the severity of the offense. Like with a possession charge, it would go by the amount of whatever drug it is. I hope this helps at least with understanding that part of things.
Also, please don’t think of us as horrible people, we are still human. I know that, yes, some addicts are shit and just bad people, but most of us are the nicest, most caring, people you’d ever meet… But, had something horrible happen that they feel they have to numb from, or grew up in this world. It isn’t just black and white. I am just saying, not one of us EVER wanted to be a junkie or whatever you call us. We are still people… We just have a disease and sick… Mentally and physically.
Every place in Louisa is hiring. These losers don’t want to work.
Herbert wow!
Hard to believe. Wish I hadn’t looked.
Is that your boyfriend.?